Granted
The Board granted service connection for left ear hearing loss, finding it to be related to acoustic trauma in service.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 VA opinion was more persuasive than the June 2023 opinion and established a link between the Veteran's current hearing loss and noise exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103487
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